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Business Grammar
An overview of grammar and the sentence
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 8 part of speech | 1)nouns 2)pronouns 3)verbs 4)adjectives 5)adverbs 6)prepositions 7)conjunctions 8)interjections |
| Pronouns | words that substitute for nouns |
| verb phrases | verbs that consist of two or more words. Ex: should have been, has been attending, etc. |
| adjectives | words that modify, describe, or define nouns or pronouns. They tell what kind, which one, or how many or much. Ex: Your exciting, dynamic proposal will be accepted by both committees("exciting", "dynamic", and "both" are adjectives. |
| Which part of speech contains, "those, these, that, this" | adjectives |
| adverbs | modify and describe verbs, adjective, and other adverbs by telling "how, when, where, or to what degree". Ex: these pastries are too sweet (too is the adverb). Thuy draws beautifully (beautifully - adverb) |
| What is the adverb and adjective in these sentence, a) "Thuy ran very quickly", b) "The manager quite suddenly decided to sell the team." | a) adverb - very, adjective - quickly b) adverb - quite adjective - suddenly |
| What part of speech are these words in, "very, quite, almost, never, here, there" | adverb |
| prepositions | connect groups of words to show relationship among ideas. Ex: in, by, of, out, to, from, after, on, for, with, before, over, about, above, behind, before, except, between, into, until |
| conjunctions | connectors. They connect both single words and group of words. Ex: and, but, or, and nor |
| interjections | words that express strong feeling; they are independent of the rest of the sentence Ex: Great! Thuy got an A (Great is the interjection) Oh, so that's what they wanted (Oh - interjection) |
| fragment sentence | sentence that do not express a complete thought |
| the 2 parts of each complete sentence | subject and predicates |
| subject | nouns and pronouns, because they answer "who" or "what" |
| predicates | verb or verb phrase |
| complete predicate | begins with the verb or verb phrase and ends with the last word in the sentence. Ex: You will receive a new payment booklet next month ("you"- complete subject, ":will receive a new payment booklet next month" - predicates. |
| simple subject | single most important noun or pronoun in the complete sentence |
| compound subject | consist of two or more words that are equally important. The words are joined by "and, or, nor" ex: The plaintiff, her attorney, and the main witness did not appear in court. (plaintiff, attorney, main witness - compound subject) |
| Normal order | a sentence is appear in normal order when the complete subject is followed by the complete predicate. Ex: None of the customers were aware of the special discount for cash payments ("None of the customers" - complete subject, "were aware..." - predicate |
| Invert order | part of the predicate appears before the complete subject. |
| Change these sentence to normal order, a) "Will you be going to the convention in Puerto Rico?" b)Where have all the cartons been placed?" | a)You will be going to the convention in Puerto Rico? b)All the cartons have been placed where? |
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